What the papers say – June 9
Bleak economic developments and the biggest transport industrial action in a generation are splashed across the national papers.
The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror report the price of filling up an average car has hit £100 in the biggest daily rise in 17 years.
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Price of filling up average car hits £100'#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 8, 2022
Thursday's front page: £100 to fill family car #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/Z9WLcoySv7 pic.twitter.com/kPLDMx0Hlr
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 8, 2022
The Guardian says the Prime Minister’s hopes of a “reset” after his bruising confidence vote have been dealt a “double blow” due to the fuel increase and the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest forecast.
Guardian front page, 9 June 2022: Fuel cost surge and dire economic forecast shatter PM's hopes of reset pic.twitter.com/7gypNbFZD8
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2022
The think tank’s forecast predicts economic growth in the UK will “grind to a halt next year” and will be the worst in the G20 apart from Russia, the Financial Times reports.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 9 June https://t.co/qYTwfuvSy6 pic.twitter.com/L5zp0kyQy7
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 8, 2022
The Daily Express has Boris Johnson ready to deliver a speech in which he will unveil plans to cut bills “left, right and centre in his most radical move yet” to ease living pressures on Britons.
Wednesday's front page: Priti: I'll fight Rwanda flight threat #tomorrowspaperstoday
Read more: https://t.co/2cJDDxnamM pic.twitter.com/rBHlbCgjYl
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 8, 2022
The PM will also announce a policy allowing lower-paid workers to use their housing benefits to buy homes, according to The Times.
Thursday’s TIMES: “Johnson to let benefit claimants buy homes” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/O6LkbKjmKI
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 8, 2022
Metro accuses rail union boss Mick Lynch of having “no shame” for his “non-apology” over three days of strikes aimed at stopping job and spending cuts.
🚨 NO SHAME
📰 Union boss 'apologises' for walkout that will bring misery to commuters📰 Claims he didn't mean to ruin Glastonbury getaway #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/TGr6Al2OJK
— Metro (@MetroUK) June 8, 2022
The i reports the strike could go for six days – until June 26 – amid fears that fresh food supplies will be disrupted.
Thursday's front page: Rail strike passengers face six-day shutdown #TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @singharj: https://t.co/BnQmDn0zXS pic.twitter.com/ORtsaPvoYn
— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 8, 2022
“Bleak” intelligence covered by The Independent shows Ukraine forces are outgunned 20-to-one in artillery and 40-to-one in ammunition by Russian invaders in the country’s east.
Our front page tomorrow @Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday @KimSengupta07 in 🇺🇦 on the bleak state of Ukraine’s forces, @b_c_chapman on our path to recession, @sheilaflynn on the powerful testimony of Uvalde survivors and @EricMGarcia and @AndrewFeinberg preview Jan 6 hearings pic.twitter.com/7eMIP9gtHi
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) June 8, 2022
The Daily Mail reports a coalition of charities and a trade union has applied for an injunction to stop the Home Secretary’s first flight of migrants to Rwanda.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/eK4TeD51eR
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 8, 2022
The Sun says model Kelly Brook will marry her long-time partner this summer in Italy.
On tomorrow's front page: Kelly Brook will MARRY Jeremy Parisi in Italy this summer after a seven year romance and finally admits she’s engagedhttps://t.co/NYn0XdpL08 pic.twitter.com/yv4YuEoIFS
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 8, 2022
And the Daily Star reports “anxious” archaeology students have been warned they might encounter old bodies.
Thursday's front page: 😱🏺#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/qmboIFYYCp
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 8, 2022